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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index 1b394b3fbe..04fb3fec96 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ The implicit iterator variable in the grep() and map() functions. =item * -The default place to put an input record when a C<E<lt>FHE<gt>> +The default place to put an input record when a C<< <FH> >> operation's result is tested by itself as the sole criterion of a C<while> test. Outside a C<while> test, this will not happen. @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test. Outside a C<while> test, this will not happen. =over 8 -=item $E<lt>I<digits>E<gt> +=item $<I<digits>> Contains the subpattern from the corresponding set of capturing parentheses from the last pattern match, not counting patterns @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ you just read() (or called a C<seek> or C<tell> on). The value may be different from the actual physical line number in the file, depending on what notion of "line" is in effect--see C<$/> on how to change that. An explicit close on a filehandle resets the line -number. Because C<E<lt>E<gt>> never does an explicit close, line +number. Because C<< <> >> never does an explicit close, line numbers increase across ARGV files (but see examples in L<perlfunc/eof>). Consider this variable read-only: setting it does not reposition the seek pointer; you'll have to do that on your own. Localizing C<$.> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ I<n>-th subpattern, or undef if the subpattern did not match. Thus after a match against $_, $& coincides with C<substr $_, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]>. Similarly, C<$>I<n> coincides with C<substr $_, $-[>I<n>C<], $+[>I<n>C<] - $-[>I<n>C<]> if C<$-[>I<n>C<]> is defined, and $+ coincides with -C<substr $_, $-[$#-], $+[$#-]>. One can use C<$#E<45>> to find the last +C<substr $_, $-[$#-], $+[$#-]>. One can use C<$#-> to find the last matched subgroup in the last successful match. Contrast with C<$#+>, the number of subgroups in the regular expression. Compare with C<@+>. @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ The status returned by the last pipe close, backtick (C<``>) command, successful call to wait() or waitpid(), or from the system() operator. This is just the 16-bit status word returned by the wait() system call (or else is made up to look like it). Thus, the -exit value of the subprocess is really (C<$? E<gt>E<gt> 8>), and +exit value of the subprocess is really (C<<< $? >> 8 >>>), and C<$? & 127> gives which signal, if any, the process died from, and C<$? & 128> reports whether there was a core dump. (Mnemonic: similar to B<sh> and B<ksh>.) @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ The effective uid of this process. Example: ($<,$>) = ($>,$<); # swap real and effective uid (Mnemonic: it's the uid you went I<to>, if you're running setuid.) -C<$E<lt>> and C<$E<gt>> can be swapped only on machines +C<< $< >> and C<< $> >> can be swapped only on machines supporting setreuid(). =item $REAL_GROUP_ID @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ list, say C< $) = "5 5" >. (Mnemonic: parentheses are used to I<group> things. The effective gid is the group that's I<right> for you, if you're running setgid.) -C<$E<lt>>, C<$E<gt>>, C<$(> and C<$)> can be set only on +C<< $< >>, C<< $> >>, C<$(> and C<$)> can be set only on machines that support the corresponding I<set[re][ug]id()> routine. C<$(> and C<$)> can be swapped only on machines supporting setregid(). @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ This may not be a full pathname, nor even necessarily in your path. =item $ARGV -contains the name of the current file when reading from E<lt>E<gt>. +contains the name of the current file when reading from <>. =item @ARGV @@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ the value of $@ is the compile error, or the argument to C<die> (which will interpolate C<$!> and C<$?>!). (See also L<Fatal>, though.) -When the eval() expression above is executed, open(), C<<PIPEE<gt>>, +When the eval() expression above is executed, open(), C<< <PIPE> >>, and C<close> are translated to calls in the C run-time library and thence to the operating system kernel. C<$!> is set to the C library's C<errno> if one of these calls fails. |